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Oh Mother
He sulked. Protruded his lips. Stared fiery daggers into the cute young woman preparing Mother’s cheeseburger at an elderly turtle’s pace. Past midnight. Should be home. In bed. But Mother needs help moving. And fast food at an ungodly hour. Sucked being the favorite. Favorites do the heavy lifting. Physical. Emotional. Lifting. “Appreciate you.” Mother said. He… — read more
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Iku’s Defeat
Read “Scale-Lord’s Victory” here My hallowed sword. Clear as ice. Invisible to mortal eyes. Her’s was the red dagger. Black edges. Boisterous. Hellish. Magma. My off-hand weapon. I stalked her. Her dagger-like nails. She swiftly peeled through my sanctified steel. Now! I flung Ice at her eye. Cleaved down on her wings with Magma. Unholy rage. Desperation. Love.… — read more
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Mem-brain Theorem
Reality’s collapsing around us. Just… us. Volatile, inter-dimensional shifts bubbling throughout our home. We’re existing in the same space, breathing the same air. Or so it seems. She enters our kitchen. Phases through me. “Morning,” I say. Silence. No reaction to me. She sips coffee. No slurps nor satisfied gasps. Thick layers of brane… brain? Translucent fields inflaming… — read more
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Rockstar’s Rent I
Goddam apartment. Can’t stand it. Putrescence in the atmosphere. Emanating from the mold crusted vents and the endless cracks in his one bedroom death-trap. Stagnant, like the rotting sphincter of a weeks old rat corpse but worse. Damn. He taped his guitar neck. He may have cracked the guitar across the spine of a moron… — read more
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Storm’s End (250 characters)
Leaving the X-men was the right call. Until I figure out what I am. Dark. Light. Good. Evil. I cannot with good conscience continue the path of a hero. Do not send Logan after me. I will not greet him, nor any of you with kindness. Love, OM — read more
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Fifty Fifty
He heard a chorus of whistles. Familiar tunes. Old slave spirituals he sang in Sunday School. He paused. Considered turning back. Kept walking. Something about suffering and Christ and finding salvation in heaven. Lyrics he didn’t believe… Not until Lucifer offered him free, fluorescent bottles of Moonshine. Money. Love. Promises of salvation. The catch… meet… — read more
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The Upside I
Zay promised to never look back. Or down. Only up. At the perfectly capsized city in the clouds. Clearest skies on record since the mirror world –The Upside– emerged from the smogosphere, according to Templar meteorologists. Its the divine sign he’d been praying for. Do what’s necessary. Take flight. For Shalewa. He pumped the burners. Balloon ascending. Turbulence. Thinning… — read more
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Too Early
She’s more interested in war than peace. And by now… So. Am. I. She’s in the living room. Morning exercise. Smirking like our disagreement is her improv skit. Too early… “Sure… you’re above it all.” I climb the stairs. “Your tone,” She snipes. Riiight. Play innocent. I return. “Don’t dictate how I respond.” She snickers.… — read more
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The Order: Monster Mash
The centennial Monster Mash. A once a century, secret Congress of the most powerful and influential monsters of all nationalities, species, and realms. A parlay among humanity’s predators. He was tasked with surveilling the meeting by the foolish and misguided Humanic Order. He had greater plans. The Order will thank him whence the smoke clears.… — read more
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Michaela’s Price
They summoned me early… Humans gathered in the city square. Visibly frightened but with an unmistakable resolve in their eyes. They offered me no praise, nor sacrifices they’ve owed me. “You no longer want immortality,” I concluded. I wasn’t the creator, but I protected them as such. And unlike my mother– the creator, I was… — read more
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